Door stop and securer.



No. 731,342. PATENTED JUNE 16, 190B. J. H. OOFFMAN.

DOOR STOP AND SEOURER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1903.

L I In NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES-- Patented June 16, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB H. COFFMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO THOMAS OTT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DOOR STOP AND 'SECURER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,342, dated June 16, 1903..

Application filed March 7, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AcoB H. COFFMAN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Door Stop and Securer, of which the following is a specificatiofl.

This invention is a combined door stop and securer, the object being to provide a simple and efficient device which will serve to stop the door from striking the walland also secure the same in such position, thereby holding it in an open position. Another object is to provide a securer in combination with a stop, which securer can be quickly and easily released whenever it is desired to close the door.

With these objects in view the invention consists in providing a stop with a spring-securer which has an upwardly-extending free end having a shoulder adjacent said free end and in providinga spring-catch to be attached to a door, said catch having a central horizontal portion which is intended to engage the shoulder portion of the spring-securer carried bythe stop.

The invention consists also in the details of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view'showing the combined stop and securer in elevation, the door being held in contact with the stop by means of the securer. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the stop and spring member connected thereto. Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of the catch carried by the door. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the spring member carried by the stop.

In carrying out my invention I employ an ordinary wooden stop knob A, which is screwed into the chair-board A in such position that when the door is completely opened it will contact with the said stop and will be prevented from striking the wall, and in practice-I prefer to provide the stop with a rubher tip A against which the door strikes. This stop A has a spring securing member 13 Serial No. 146,708. (No model.)

connected thereto, said member being formed from a single piece of stout spring-wire which is coiled one or more times intermediate its ends, as shown at B, one end of the wire being bent down, as shown at B which downwardly bent end is inserted in a socket formed in the neck of the stop, as most clearly shown in Fig. 2. The other end of the wire is bent in an upward direction, as shown at B then downwardly for a short distance, as indicated at B the free end extending upwardly, as shown at B and it will be noted that both portions of the wire are substantially parallel, as indicated in Fig. 3, and that portion of the wire between the coil 13 and the bend B preferably rests in a longitudinal groove A produced in the broad face of the stop, thereby holding the securer in its proper position.

A spring-catch O is attached to the door D, adjacent to the point which contacts with the stop, said catch being adapted to engage the spring-securer attached to a stop, and in practice I prefer to construct the said catch from a single piece of stout spring-wire comprising the central horizontal portion 0, parallel horizontal portions 0 a spring-coil 0 from which depends the end portion Of, terminating in an eye 0 through which a screw is passed for the purpose of connecting the catch tothe face of the door. The opposite parallel portion 0 terminates in a point C, which is driven into the door, thus preventing the catch from turning. A notch A is cut in one side of the stop at the inner end of the same, and through which is driven a nail A into the chair-board, said nail being intended to hold the knob or stop securely against rotation. The stop andsecurer connected therewith will consequently always be held in the proper position for the engagement of the catch carried by the door. When the door is thrown back, so that it contacts with the stop the central horizontal member 0 rides upon the upwardly-inclined portion B and drops back of the downwardly-inclined portion B, as most clearly shown in Fig. 2, thus securely holding the door against the stop, and when it is desired to disengage the door the catch can be disconnected from the securer by giving the door a quick jerk,

or the free end B may be depressed sufliciently to clear the shouldered portion B from the horizontal member of the catch.

Having thus fully described niy invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A combined door stop and secnrer comprising a stop adapted to be connected to a chair-board, a spring-securer attached to the said stop, said securer having an upwardlyextending free end provided with a shoulder adjacent to said free end, and a spring-catch adapted to be attached to the door and having a central horizontal member adapted to engage the shouldered portion of the springsecurer, as set forth.

2. A combined door stop and securer comprising a stop having a groove in the upper face thereof, and a socket in the neck of said stop, a spring securing member formed of a single piece of Wire and comprising the inter- JACOB H. COFFMAN.

Witnesses:

JAMES F. SHIRLER, G. H. BERKHEISER. 

